Rail-joint.



PATENTBD APR. 9, 1907.

W. .L. GRANT.

RAIL JOINT. APPLICATION FILED JULY 18, 1906.

I D Q/Vitueoam I WVILLIAM LEE GRANT, OF COLUMBIA, TENNESSEE.

RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

'i'atented April 9, 1907.

Application filed July 18,1906. Serial No. 326,726-

To ctZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, l/VILLIAM LEE GRANT, a citizen of the United States, residing at Columbia, in the county of Maury and State of Tennessee, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in rail-joints; and my object is to provide means to secure the meeting ends of the rails together without employing the use of bolts or fish-plates;

Other objects and advantages will be here- I inafter referred to and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, which are made a part of this application, Figure 1 is a perspective view of one end of the rail, show ing the same provided with a suitable tongue or web. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one end of the rail, showing the same provided with a socket to receive the tongue on the opposite rail; and Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view through the joint when the ends of the rail are secured together.

Referring to the drawings, in which. similar reference-numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 and 2 indicate the meeting ends of a pair of rails, the rail 1 having its base 3 prolonged beyond the end of the rail, to the central upper por tion of which is secured a web 4, said web being of less thickness than the web 5 of the rail proper, while the upper edge of said web is provided with a head 6, said head being in general outline similar to the tread-surface of the rail proper.

The base 3 of the rail 2 is shorter than the rail proper, the projecting end of the rail be ing provided with a slot 7, in which is adapted to take the web 4 of the rail 1, the upper end of said slot being enlarged to form a socket 8, in which is adapted to be seated the head 6.

When the rails l and 2 are assembled together, the lower edge of the projecting web 5 of the rail 2 rests upon the contiguous portion of;the base 3, and, if desired, the upper surface of the base 3 may be provided with a plurality of corrugations 9, while the lower edge of the web 5 of the rail 2 may be provided with similarly-disposed corrugations 10, ,so that when the rails are butted together the corrunected they are secured to the. ties 11 bymeans of the usual or any preferred form of railspike 12.

By this construction it will be seen that the use of the usual form of fish-plates and bolts to secure the rails together are dispensed with, as the web 4 will be of sufficient strength to hold the parts of the rail securely in place, and after the two ends of the rails are telescoped with one another and secured to the tie by means of spikes or the like it will be lll'lPOSSlblC for the rails to separate. It will further be seen that I have provided a form of rail which may be readily joined together and secured to the ties and also that should a rail become broken it can be quickly removed and a new one readily inserted in its place.

What I claim is 1. In a rail-joint, the combination with a rail, having an elongated base, a web on said base, and a head at the upper end of said web, of a rail having a projecting head and web, a slot in the web, a socket at the upper end of said slot, said slot and socket adapted to receive the web and head of the opposite rail, and means at each side of the web on said elongated base and the bottom of said projecting web adapted to interlock with each other whereby the meeting ends of said rails will be secured together.

2. A rail-joint comprising the meeting ends of two rails, one of said rails having an elongated base, a web extending upwardly from said base, a head at the upper end of said web, a plurality of corrugations on said base at each side of said web, the opposite rail having a slot in the projecting web thereof and a socket at the upper end of said slot In testimony whereof I have signed my and a plurality of corrugations on the lower name to this specification in the presence of I0 Edge of said Web, the web and head of the two subscribing witnesses. rst-mentioned rail ada ted to enter the 5 slot and socket of the seco d-mentioned rail, WILLIAM LEE GRANT whereby said rails will be secured together Witnesses: and the respective corrugations interlocked R. E. HAYNES, Jr., with one another. I l J. O. VOORHIES. 

